FAQs

Pre-Sale Questions

You will receive an email with you links as soon as payment is complete. You will also get your links in the browser. These links are valid for 24 hours – so start the download as soon as you can. If you need an extension, then just let us know at: sales@curiousturtle.com.

We use Amazon S3 to serve our large file downloads. You can see an estimated download time in the “Additional Information” section on the product’s page. A lot will depend on the speed of your connection though. To get an idea, you can use a Download Calculator.

Film Wash Color Effects

Copy the Film Wash folder to the Presets folder in your After Effects installation. For example: Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe After Effects CSX/Presets or C:/Program Files/Adobe/After Effects CSX/Support Files/Presets. Open or restart your After Effects application.

In Resolve, goto the Gallery or Stills page. Right-click and choose Import. Navigate to the Powergrades folder from your main Film Wash folder. Once you have imported them here, they will be copied into your database.

Film Wash Film Grain

The Film Grain collections are not plug-ins but footage. You can use them in any non-linear editing or compositing system that supports Blend or Composite modes, for example Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer. Additionally you can use them in color grading applications like DaVinci Resolve or Assimilate Scratch to add the finishing touch whilst color grading.

This depends on how you are going to use them. If you normally work in HD, there is still an advantage in using the higher resolutions. You can easily move the footage around or use larger scales without losing quality. It’s like having multiple versions from one clip.

There is often rendering time that comes from this. We use clips compressed in Apple ProRes 422 (LT) to give you the best quality vs. system requirements ratio.

Film Wash Real Flares

These are not plug-ins but footage. You can use them in any non-linear editing or compositing system that supports Blend or Composite modes, for example Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer. Additionally you can use them in color grading applications like DaVinci Resolve or Assimilate Scratch to add the finishing touch whilst color grading.

This depends on how you are going to use them. If you normally work in HD, there is still an advantage in using the higher resolutions. You can easily move the footage around or use larger scales without losing quality. It’s like having multiple versions from one clip.

There is often rendering time that comes from this. We use clips compressed in Apple ProRes 422 (LT) to give you the best quality vs. system requirements ratio.